Anyone else think marriage is more difficult than working at a paying job?

Only recently. The last three years. Usually, my marriage is my happy, less stressful place. I hope I get back to that.

No. We have had are ups and downs, but having a job sucks ass.

Yes, it’s my 2nd job

At times maybe, but for the most part NO, I am 10000% committed to my marriage.
Not so much with the job anymore anything better came along I would bail in a split second.

Yes, if someone takes homemaking seriously, it truly is a career. Keeping the home clean and organized; running all the family’s errands; grocery shopping and preparing healthful meals; managing the bills and finances; gardening…if these things are done well, they’re very demanding and time-consuming.

For me, though, there’s no question about preference. I hate working and have never had a job I liked; every job was a daily ordeal. But, my marriage is a happy one, and I love anything domestic. I’m completely fulfilled by cleaning a dirty floor or cooking a nice dinner.

Hell yes! I was married for 21 years and a stay at home mom for 12 of those. Of course I still worked double duty after I went back to work when my daughter was in 6th grade but going to work was a helluva a lot easier than cleaning, cooking, gardening, animal care and all the other myriad household tasks. I did like staying home but in terms of true ease, going outside to work 5 hours a day was a cake walk compared to managing a house and family.
Of course there was also a mutiny when I stared asking for more help form the ex and my daughter.

It took about a year for everyone to stop feeling resentful they had to do more for themselves. I assigned my daughter who was 12 at the time personal responsibility for her laundry. Do NOT come to me at 9 o’ clock on a school night and tell me you don’t have anything to wear tomorrow! haha
My ex hit the roof when I told him to take his work clothes to the dry cleaner because I didn’t have time to perfectly wash and iron them anymore. OMG I had created monsters with all I did. lol

More difficult? No.

I’ve been a stay-at-home mom for 15 years. Married for almost 24. I dread the thought of going back to work for pay. I’m not saying marriage or taking care of the household is easy, but the day is easier if I get to houseclean in pajama pants and listen to whatever I want. If I’m lucky I can take a nap.

I forgot to mention that it can get lonely and that’s hard for many, but I’m an introvert and loner so it works for me.

I’ve done full time stay-at-home mom and full time working mom and various things between. As @dammitjanetfromvegas says, there are advantages to staying at home, but I found it much more challenging and difficult than working out of the house.

No, it is a source of comfort and a reason to get up in the morning.

It’s not clear by the answers whether the OP meant the actual marriage part, or the part of being a house keeper/homemaker. I have no experience with being married, as I have never been married, but I have always worked full time and I can tell you from talking to friends who didn’t have to work, and seeing their lifestyles, I’ve always felt if I had a choice I’d rather stay home than go to work. The hard part with raising children, from my experience with one, was the age from around 1 to 3. Not having to jump in the shower and dress in something nice and then have the hour commute, have a boss looking over you and telling you what needs to be done, and then commuting all over again, to get the kid from babysitter, cook for her and put her in the shower, and try to do cleaning on weekends – I’d trade it in a heartbeat.